02/03/12

Maine

PASSENGER

1987 lobster "00000 A" base:  This was Maine's first regular passenger graphic.  The plate number format originally used on this design was "00000 A" and picked up where the previous black/white design left off.  When the state reached "99999 Z", the format went to a double-letter "0000 AA" format, beginning with "AA" then going to "BB" and "CC" and so on.  When "ZZ" was reached, the state then went to sequential "AB" through "AZ" blocks before advancing to "BA" through "BZ" and so on, obviously skipping the previously issued double-letter blocks, such as "BB".  Since the state does not use leading zeros, single-number, double-number, etc. plates also can be found on this design.

1990 (blue/white & red) natural vg $6.00 "66232 T" (12531)

1990 (blue/white & red) vg $6.00 "6426 W" (13375)

1991 (blue/white & red) natural vg $6.00 "69950 Z" (12536)

1990 lobster double-letter base:  As explained above, when the state reached "99999 Z", the format went to a double-letter "0000 AA" format, beginning with "AA" then going to "BB" and "CC" and so on.  Since the state does not use leading zeros, single-number, double-number, etc. plates also can be found on this format.

1992 lobster "0000 AA" base:  As explained above for the 1987 and 1990 formats, when the double-letter blocks were exhausted at the end of the "ZZ" block, the state then went to sequential "AB" through "AZ" blocks before advancing to "BA" through "BZ" and so on, obviously skipping the previously issued double-letter blocks, such as "BB".  Since the state does not use leading zeros, single-, double-, and triple-number plates also can be found on this format.

1995 (blue/white & red) natural vg $6.00 "5018 BS" (12578)

1999 (blue/white & red) low # natural vg $8.00 "75 EI" (10183)

1999 (blue/white & red) natural vg $6.00 "2676 DX" (10597)

1999 (blue/white & red) natural vg $6.00 "1444 DG" (10600)

1999 (blue/white & red) natural vg $6.00 "8771 EC" (12647)

2000 chickadee base:  The following chickadee design began in 2000 ("01" renewal stickers) and continued the "0000 AA" plate number format where the previous lobster design left off.  Since the state does not use leading zeros, single-, double-, and triple-number plates also can be found on this design.

2000 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "3352 GW" (12899)

2000 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "3352 GW" (12900)

2001 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "8884 IB" (13175)

2002 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "4527 KD" (13179)

2002 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "6454 HL" (13183)

2004 (black/white & multicolored) natural exc $6.00 "9573 JT" (14135)

2004 (black/white & multicolored) natural exc $6.00 "9573 JT" (14136)

2004 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "6654 KG" (10602)

2005 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "7905 MQ" (13376)

2005 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "3301 LK" (10187)

2006 (black/white & multicolored) natural exc $6.00 "2681 MU" (14138)

2006 (black/white & multicolored) natural exc $6.00 "2681 MU" (14139)

2006 (black/white & multicolored) natural exc $6.00 "1590 MU" (14140)

2006 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "3918 MS" (12946)

2006 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "3918 MS" (12947)

2006 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "7740 LG" (10220)

2007 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "1813 NM" (13246)

2008 (black/white & multicolored) natural exc $6.00 "7952 NQ" (10608)

2008 (black/white & multicolored) natural exc $6.00 "1844 PE" (14141)

2008 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "2590 PT" (13249)

2008 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "9522 PG" (13250)

2008 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "2479 NA" (10609)

2008 (black/white & multicolored) p $2.00 "9263 IY" (12517)

2009 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "2234 PL" (12813)

2009 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "2619 QC" (12715)

2010 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "7283 PV" (13251)

2010 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "2377 QA" (13491)

2010 (black/white & multicolored) g $3.00 "1718 HU" (13494)

2011 (black/white & multicolored) natural vg $5.00 "8509 RI" (13260)

2012 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "5087 RV" (13359)

2012 (black/white & multicolored) vg $5.00 "5087 RV" (13360)